PPL Sues Kapil Sharma, Producers Over Alleged Unauthorised Music Use In Netflix's The Great Indian Kapil Show

Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), a copyright society representing sound recording owners, has moved the Bombay High Court alleging unauthorised use of its music in Netflix's comedy show The Great Indian Kapil Show. It has sought urgent interim relief to stop further use of its copyrighted sound recordings. The matter was listed on Wednesday before a single-judge Bench of Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh on Wednesday who sought replies from the show's makers. The court is expected to consider...

Specific Performance | Limitation Is A Triable Issue When Plaint Avers Supplementary Agreement Extended Timeline: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) recently observed that a suit for specific performance of a contract cannot be rejected at the threshold as time-barred under Order VII Rule 11 Civil Procedure Code (CPC) if the plaintiff has pleaded explicitly that the subsequent execution of a supplementary agreement extended the original timeline for performance. A Bench of Justice Jaspreet Singh held that, in such circumstances, the question of whether the suit is barred by...

Compassionate Appointment Not Right; Applicant's Marital Status, Family Income & Dependency Relevant: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reiterated that compassionate appointment is not a vested right but a concession, to be granted strictly in accordance with policy and only to mitigate immediate financial distress caused by the death of a government employee in harness.Dismissing a writ petition, the Court upheld the rejection of a married daughter's claim for compassionate appointment, holding that the authority was justified in examining factors such as her marital status, husband's...

'No Judicial Review Of Bill Before Governor's Assent': Orissa High Court Declines PIL Against Bill Seeking To Hike MLA Salaries

The Orissa High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the Odisha Legislative Assembly Members' Salary, Allowances and Pension (Amendment) Bill, 2025 ('the Bill') which is slated to hike the salary of the Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) by almost three times, making it the highest for the legislators in the entire country.Holding the challenge to the Bill to...

Gujarat High Court Asks Vadodara Municipality To De-Seal 4 Flats Used For Hospitality After Owner Undertakes To Seek Prior Permission

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (December 23) has directed the Vadodara Municipal Corporation to de-seal four flats belonging to an entity after the owner submitted that an undertaking shall be filed with the corporation that the flats will not be used for "hospitality purpose" without prior permission from the corporation. Justice Mauna M Bhatt was hearing a plea challenging the action of Vadodara Municipal Corporation of sealing premises of the petitioner pursuant to show cause notice...

If You Can't Control Air Pollution, Don't Permit New Projects For 2 Weeks: Bombay High Court Pulls Up BMC

While coming down heavily on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for its failure to take corrective measures for containing the rising levels of air pollution in the city of Mumbai and nearby areas, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday orally asked the civic body not to sanction new proposals of development in the city for at least two weeks as the civic body has failed to handle the worsening air pollution in the megacity. A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and...

120-Day Timeline In S.132B Income Tax Act For Deciding Assessee's Plea To Release Seized Assets Not Mandatory: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the 120-day period prescribed under the second proviso to Section 132B(1)(i) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for deciding an assessee's request for release of seized assets is not mandatory, and a decision taken beyond the said period does not automatically become invalid.A division bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Vinod Kumar was dealing with a...

Allahabad High Court Annual Tax Digest 2025

Direct Tax[Income Tax] Filing Of Form 10-IC Prior To Filing Of Return Not Mandatory, Delay May Be Condoned In “Genuine Hardship”: Allahabad High CourtCase Title: CELL COM TELESERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED v. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERSCase no.: WRIT TAX NO. 278 OF 2024The Allahabad High Court has held that filing of Form 10-IC prior to filing of income tax return is not mandatory and the delay...

'Baseless Claims Cannot Discredit Documents By Competent Authorities': J&K&L High Court Reiterates Need For Specific Pleadings In Fraud Cases

Underscoring the necessity of precise pleadings while alleging fraud, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that making sweeping and baseless allegations as to the veracity of the documents issued by the competent authorities would not make such documents unreliable.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar emphasised that it is essential for a litigant to give full particulars of the alleged fraud supported by material. These observations were made while dismissing a petition that...

Arbitration Clause In Expired Lease Cannot Be Invoked To Execute Fresh Lease: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that an arbitration agreement in an expired lease deed cannot be automatically extended to govern disputes relating to the execution of a fresh lease, even if the proposed lease is claimed to arise from prior correspondence between the parties. Justice Aniruddha Roy in an order dated 23 December, 2025, dismissed an application filed by HDFC...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes 2006 MBBS Admission Cheating Case Against Ex-WB Guv, DY Patil University

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a nearly two-decade-old criminal complaint alleging cheating and criminal breach of trust in connection with a purported MBBS admission, holding that the petitioners could not be subjected to criminal prosecution merely because a third party had allegedly cheated the complainant by misusing their name and documents.Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj said, "complainant has been cheated of the money on the strength of the misrepresentation made by Sachin Shah,...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Monthly Digest: November 2025

Nominal IndexChattan Singh v. The Deputy Commissioner-cum-Presiding Officer, Maintenance Appellate Tribunal, Mohali, District Mohali and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 423Pankaj Kumar v. State of Haryana and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 424Gurpreet Singh v. State of Punjab and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 425Amit Ahalawat v. State of Haryana and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 426Jagwinder Singh @ Jagga v....